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The latest consumer electronics, from smart home devices to cool gadgets that are bound to be industry-changing.

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Cuneiform-inspired polymer could be the future of sustainable digital storage (or not)

Digital Clay: Cuneiform languages represent the earliest known writing systems in human history. The Sumerians used this method by making indentations in clay tablets, a practice later adopted by other civilizations, including the Akkadians and Persians. Millennia later, cuneiform could once again prove significant – this time, as inspiration for innovations in the field of data storage.
Full story By Alfonso Maruccia,
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Outrage grows as people are not using headphones in airports and planes, annoying those around them

Facepalm: Many of us have been guilty of it – mindlessly streaming videos or taking calls sans headphones while waiting at an airport gate or on the plane itself. But that tendency is apparently driving fellow travelers crazy. Flight attendants are now even making pre-flight announcements pleading with passengers to use headphones, but the scourge of audio oversharing shows no signs of stopping.
Full story By Zo Ahmed, 27 comments
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The quest to save the world's largest CRT TV from demolition

A 43-inch, 440lb titan that many believed was only a myth
WTF?! Most people consider CRTs obsolete – and for most purposes, they are – but retro gamers favor them because they offer a few advantages over modern panels. Although technical constraints limit the maximum size of CRT displays, Sony defied those boundaries in the late 1980s with a model so rare that it eventually passed into legend – until a YouTuber rescued what may be the last remaining unit days before its scheduled disposal.
Full story By Daniel Sims, 18 comments
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